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People jostle for a chance to buy a loaf of bread from a vendor at a market in Bulawayo last year  (ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP)

Zimbabweans’ survival strategies

Even the better off have had to find ways to manage in the shattered economy

Reform is clearly necessary, and the Mnangagwa government has promised it. But the challenge of making it happen is daunting. (Reuters)

Before re-engagement, Zimbabwe needs to regain lost trust

Initial enthusiasm for President Mnangagwa’s ‘new dispensation’ is waning – and Zimbabwe has lots of work to do to win back the trust of its citizens

Zim: ‘Kariba power costs inflated’

Two former ministers in Zimbabwe say corruption is the reason costs have escalated on the Kariba power project.

Current account data means the rand is likely to remain weak and stoke inflationary pressures.

Zimbabwe government ‘induced’ flooding

Human Rights Watch says 20 000 people were displaced to make way for a new game reserve.

Chinese firm gets prime Zim land

Details of a deal for an upmarket estate outside Harare for well-off state officials are secret.

Outsiders offer cash to Zim for favours

Foreign companies have tempted Zimbabwe with money for elections in return for lucrative mining deals.

Tsvangirai flexes his muscles

Tsvangirai flexes his muscles

MDC leader reshuffles ministers to quell growing public dissatisfaction over the pace of change.

Who’s who in the GNU

Who’s running Zimbabwe’s government of national unity?

Security Council takes up Zimbabwe vote

France’s United Nations ambassador called on Zimbabwe authorities on Tuesday to publish and accept the results of elections there as the Security Council met for its first…

No deal, say Zim opposition and govt

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and the Zimbabwe government both denied on Tuesday that they were in talks to arrange the resignation of President Robert Mugabe. At a news…

Opposition voters defy odds to make their voices heard

Will Mugabe accept the result? Zimbabweans didn’t so much speak in Saturday’s presidential election as shout so overwhelmingly that Robert Mugabe and the Zanu-PF party elite who…

Zim govt rubbishes vote-rigging claims

Zimbabwe’s justice minister has dismissed as ”utter rubbish” claims by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) that the political playing field is uneven ahead of national…

Mugabe: Makoni candidacy a UK ploy

Simba Makoni’s decision to enter the presidential race is a ploy by former colonial power Britain to divide Zimbabweans, a state-controlled newspaper reported President Robert…

Zim won’t grab free stake in mining firms

Zimbabwe’s draft mining Bill will not force firms to give a stake to the government for free as previously feared, and will be debated by Parliament after elections next month, a…

Zim govt seeks 25% stake in mining firms

President Robert Mugabe’s government published a draft Bill on Monday forcing mining firms to transfer majority shareholdings to local owners, including giving the Zimbabwe…

Zim teachers strike for more pay as inflation bites

Zimbabwean teachers have gone on strike to press demands for huge wage increases as the Southern African country battles with the fastest rising consumer prices in the world.…

Mugabe slams ‘Almighty Bush’ over human rights

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe accused United States President George Bush of ”rank hypocrisy” on Wednesday for lecturing him on human rights, and likened the US Guantánamo Bay…

Threat to take over Zim firms ‘not a joke’

The Zimbabwe government’s threat to take over companies defying controversial price controls is not a joke, Industry Minister Obert Mpofu was quoted as saying on Monday. Obert…

Harare was source of leaked Zim document

A controversial document criticising Britain over the crisis in Zimbabwe, which was leaked at a Southern African regional summit last month, came from Harare, not South Africa, a…

Zimbabwe faces food-shortage crisis

The number of people facing serious food shortages in Zimbabwe is expected to grow to 4,1-million over the first quarter of next year, the Canadian ambassador to the African…